Leo Palatinus

Leo Palatinus(LatinforPalatine Lion) was aconstellationcreated by the astronomerKarl-Joseph Königin 1785. He created the constellation to honor the patrons, Count PalatineCharles Theodoreand Countess PalatineElizabeth Auguste,of the observatory in Mannheim, Germany, where he worked. However, the constellation failed to attract attention from contemporary and subsequent astronomers, and it was never depicted in a chart aside from the 1785 description.^[1]^[2]

Leo Palatinus was made of two non-contiguous groups of stars: a scattering of fourth-magnitude stars in far northwesternAquariusmade a crowned lion, and second part of even fainter stars west ofEquuleusmade a monogram CTEA (the combined initials of König's patrons) above the lion.^[2]

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^König, Karl-Joseph (4 November 1875).Nova Constellatione Coelo Inlatus[This New Constellation is Added to the Skies] (in Latin).
^^a ^bBarentine, John C. (2016). "Leo Palatinus".Uncharted Constellations.pp. 67–76.doi:10.1007/978-3-319-27619-9_7.ISBN 978-3-319-27618-2.

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[1] König, Karl-Joseph (4 November 1875).Nova Constellatione Coelo Inlatus[This New Constellation is Added to the Skies] (in Latin).

[Barentine2016-2] Barentine, John C. (2016). "Leo Palatinus".Uncharted Constellations.pp. 67–76.doi:10.1007/978-3-319-27619-9_7.ISBN 978-3-319-27618-2.

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